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A 137MW BESS connected to the California grid by RWE recently. Standalone BESS is expected to benefit from new tax equity rules being brought in by the IRS. Image: RWE.

RWE connects 548MWh battery storage project to California’s CAISO grid

June 15, 2023
RWE has brought its biggest utility-scale BESS project in the US closer to the start of commercial operations.
Aerial view of the Moss Landing site, including the Vistra natural gas plant which the site is historically better known for. Image: LG Energy Solution.

Expansion plan to take world’s biggest battery storage project to 3GWh capacity

January 25, 2022
Plans to nearly double the output and capacity of the world’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) project to date have been announced by its owner, Vistra Energy. 
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California utility PG&E proposes 1.6GW/6.4GWh of new battery storage across nine projects

January 25, 2022
Plans to procure energy from nine large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in California have been announced by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of the state’s three main investor-owned utilities.
Solar-plus-storage accounted for the majority of hybrid resources. Image: PG&E.

All California communities in utility PG&E’s service area eligible for microgrid programme

December 3, 2021
Communities anywhere within the service area of California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will now be eligible to apply for support to install renewable-plus-storage microgrids.
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California’s US$270m self-generation scheme favouring energy storage set to reopen

April 11, 2017
California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), the scheme to incentivise the use of distributed energy, opens for applications at the beginning of next month, weighted to favour energy storage.
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California college microgrid gets Geli and Imergy on board

February 17, 2015

Energy storage and microgrid software specialist Geli Energy and storage system maker Imergy Power Systems will collaborate on a California Energy Commission-funded microgrid project which could save a college district US$75,000 a year in energy bills.

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California utility buys NEC system to analyse value streams of grid storage

September 3, 2014

An unnamed utility in California is preparing to test a grid storage system and look at the potential value streams it could provide, according to NEC Energy Solutions, which is providing the system.

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